DESCRIPTION:
I created a midi sequence of one note struck six times. Each strike was held for 25 seconds. I whipped up a patch on the Arturia CS-80 and applied a shit-ton of effects in Live (distortion, saturation, reverb, vinyl pops, compression, harmonic excitement) which created a roiling boil of a sound with hissing, popping, and distortion washing in and out of the mix. Nice 'n dirty...
Three passes through the sequence of six notes and effects were recorded on separate tracks. Because the effects applied in Live are weaving through their settings at different rates, I got a subtly unique take with each pass. The three takes were panned left, right, and center and exported as a single track. A short fadeout was added in Reaper.
In the end, it's not so minimal. But I like it. So here it is...
You'll experience it best by using a good pair of headphones or, even better, downloading the WAV file. Soundcloud's normalization process defangs tracks like this.
EQUIPMENT:
Ableton Live
shit-ton of VST effects
Arturia CS-80
Korg nanoKEY2
Reaper
PROJECT INFO:
More on this 41st Disquiet Junto project at: http://disquiet.com/2012/10/11/disquiet0041-dirtyminimalism/
More details on the Disquiet Junto at: http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/info